Graduate Legal Assistant

• Brilliant opportunity to get a foot in the door in the Legal sector
• Varied role providing experience in different sectors of law
• Friendly team who are passionate about fostering a positive culture

Are you a Law graduate who is looking to get their foot in the door within the industry by joining a company who have a track record of helping professionals kickstart their career? Look no further as this could be the opportunity for you!
Impression Recruitment are searching for aGraduate Legal Assistant on behalf of a friendly, personable legal firm based Harrogate. You will be working in a varied role providing you with well-rounded experience and exposure to the different areas of Law, ideal for an individual who is eager to learn as much as possible in a profession that they are passionate about.
Your duties as Graduate Legal Assistant will be:

• Dealing with telephone calls, enquiries and offering advice to clients as appropriate.
• Providing administrative support to colleagues in different teams.
• Digital filing, photocopying and collation of documents.
• Making Subject Access Requests.
• Drafting letters of instruction.
• Preparation of electronic bundles.
• Maintaining diaries, arranging appointments and arranging conferences as required.
• Preparing and updating spreadsheets.
• Assisting in updating letters for the case management system.
• Creating and sending SharePoint links to third parties.

Skills / qualities required in order to be successful:

• Law degree (essential).
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing at all levels.
• Ability to work under pressure, balance workload and meet deadlines.
• Empathetic and understanding attitude when dealing with clients.
• Ability to work on own initiative and also be a team player.
• Excellent IT skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel and PDF documents.

In return the Graduate Legal Assistant will receive a salary of £22,000 - £24,000 per annum, working Monday to Friday, and benefitting from some fantastic benefits including 25 days holiday, private healthcare, gym membership contribution, and more! If this sounds like the ideal opportunity for you then apply today!